RBC logs truly regal $7.1 billion in 2012 earnings

The Royal Bank has logged record annual profit in 2012, including $1.9 billion of net earnings in the fourth quarter. Q4 profit amounted to $1.25 per share of net earnings, or $1.27 per share.. For the full-year ended Oct. 31,  RBC had $7.5 billion of net earnings. That’s up 17 per cent from 2011 and equal to $4.96 per share of net earnings or $5 per share on an adjusted basis.